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Webster 1913 Edition

Refection

Re-fec′tion

(r?-f?k′sh?n)
,
Noun.
[L.
refectio
: cf. F.
réfection
. See
Refect
,
Fact
.]
Refreshment after hunger or fatigue; a repast; a lunch.
[His] feeble spirit inly felt
refection
.
Spenser.
Those Attic nights, and those
refections
of the gods.
Curran.

Webster 1828 Edition

Refection

REFEC'TION

,
Noun.
[L. refectio.]
1.
Refreshment after hunger or fatigue.
2.
A spare meal or repast.

Definition 2024

refection

refection

See also: réfection

English

Noun

refection ‎(plural refections)

  1. Mental or spiritual refreshment.
  2. Physical refreshment, especially with food or drink.
    • 1658: For beside the common way and road of reception by the root, there may be a refection and imbibition from without — Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 198)
  3. A meal, especially a light meal.

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Etymology

From French réfection, from Latin refectiōnem, accusative singular of refectiō ‎(“recovery, refection”), from reficiō ‎(“restore, renew”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɹɪˈfɛkʃən/

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